I heard things are changing for the better. Better than what?
Electronics are changing so fast you may as well throw them
away after you get them home from the store because they are
obsolete.
Just
about the time you have your computer figured out — it
changes itself whether you like it or not. I guess they have
to keep changing electronics so the hackers have a new test
every week or so.
If the inventors of the new electronics would require fingerprint
passwords perhaps hackers could be caught before they entered
a system. Those who steal credit cards would also have to leave
a fingerprint to hack into an account and the only way they
could get out, without being caught, would be to pay off the
outstanding balance or make a sizeable deposit. Now there is
a challenge for the electronic geeks.
Today’s
electronic marvels are almost beyond belief. The system of
storage in the clouds (G-mail, C-cloud) worries
me, however. What happens if my mail winds up in a rain
cloud? Will all my information I stored in the cloud
come back soggy?
My luck with these new gadgets would lead to my cloud
information arriving back wet and ruining my computer. If
that happened,
I would not get the message about how to avoid the problem.
Satellite
radio systems can be a pain. If you receive a bill for service,
it will be a set amount plus $2 for
the
invoice.
If you try to call a representative that speaks English,
several calls will have to be made. Once you reach
someone who understands
your language, you may be able to negotiate your current
bill and get a reduction but that will generate a new
invoice and
another $2 charge. If you don’t request an invoice,
you cannot prove what your charge was or if they received
payment.
If you request receipt for your payment, yep, another
$2 charge.
As
I see it, electronics will be our demise. Electronic cash
registers are a good example. Try this: if you
owe a bill
of $15.45, hand a cashier two $10 dollar bills, a
quarter a dime
and two nickels. Don’t do this unless you have extra
time on your hands to wait for the cashier to figure out what
you gave them and why the machine tells them to give you $5.
Just check the look on their face. We can only guess how they
handle a math class — if there are still any
of them being taught.
Here
is an idea for a new electronic device for your home safe.
If a safe-cracker tries to enter the wrong
combination,
the
device would activate a camera that takes the thief’s
photo. If the thief tries to de-activate the camera,
the door to the room where the safe cracking is
taking place
would automatically
lock and a loud siren would begin to wail. The
only problem I can anticipate with my invention
is it
may increase
the unemployment lines.
I keep marveling at the electronics designed for our new cars.
Those that sense rain drops and turn on the wipers and others
that turn on headlights at the hint of dusk. Some of them will
go from bright to dim when sensing oncoming traffic. The gadget
that moves your seat to your preferred position when you start
the engine is so convenient, but the one that really throws
me is the automatic gauge that reports the pressure in each
tire, excluding the spare.
If
you have a new car with all the extras you likely have a
built-in GPS. Once you learn to
use it,
you can find
your way
home from anywhere, however it does have its
drawbacks. You can’t tell your wife you
made a wrong turn and got lost on the way home.
In fact, if
she knows
how to
operate
the GPS,
she will tell you where you made the wrong
turn and that could mean trouble.
I
could continue with the list of new gadgets but I have to
go figure out how to use the
iPad my
kids got
us for
Christmas. Just refer to my first paragraph,
you’ll
get the drift.